of smoke in beirut where israel has continued to attack hezbollah targets overnight. and, the two men vying to be become the next vice president of the united states clash in their only head—to—head debate before next month's presidential election. hello, i'm karin giannone. israel has warned of grave consequences after iran launched a barrage of missiles across the country on tuesday. sirens sounded and israelis were told to take refuge in bomb shelters, as explosions lit up the night sky. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu promised iran would be punished, whilst the iranian government warned it would hit all of israel's infrastructure the israeli defense forces said that around 180 missiles were launched towards israel around 5.30 pm local time on tuesday.

they were fired across huge areas of israel, including its largest city tel aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. nd, these pictures from iranian state media show the ballistic missiles being launched from military sites. tehran said the attacks were in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. and tehran says it warned the us against intervening. well, israel has responded by continuing its aerial assault of beirut�*s southern suburbs. these are live pictures of the lebanese capital. the idf said it had targeted a number of hezbollah sites. meanwhile, the iranian—backed militant group says it has clashed with israeli troops in the southern lebanese town of adaisseh(biv)both the us and uk were involved in helping to protect israel from yesterday's missile attacks. our correspondentjon donnison had to seek shelter when the missiles

air-raid siren. israel was warned it was coming. but this was iran's revenge. almost 200 ballistic missiles raining in across the country. explosions. 0k. 0k, guys, we got to get off the roof. these are coming down right next to us here. as people ran for shelter, with the iranian missiles travelling 2,000km in only around 12 minutes, israel's defence system was at full stretch. translation: we are on high - readiness for defence and offence. we will protect the citizens of israel. this attack will have consequences. we have plans to act at a place

and time of our choosing. this restaurant in tel aviv took a direct hit. and this was a school in central israel. the us said it helped in shooting down some of the missiles — its intelligence agencies had alerted israel to an imminent attack. but america says iran gave no advance warning. the united states military coordinated closely with the israeli defense forces to help defend israel against this attack. us naval destroyersjoined israeli air defence units in firing interceptors to shoot down inbound missiles. in gaza tonight, as iran pounded israel, there were celebrations. as there were in the iranian capital too. iran had vowed vengeance after israel assassinated hassan nasrallah, the leader of the iranian—backed lebanese militia hezbollah on friday.

and israel killed the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, on iranian soil back injuly. on iranian soil back injuly. meanwhile, this evening, meanwhile, this evening, injaffa, neartelaviv, injaffa, neartelaviv, just before the missile attack, just before the missile attack, seven israelis were shot seven israelis were shot dead in what police said dead in what police said was a terrorist attack. was a terrorist attack. for months now, the world's for months now, the world's diplomats have tried to stop diplomats have tried to stop the year—long war in gaza the year—long war in gaza from engulfing the region. from engulfing the region. they've failed. they've failed. and after tonight's unprecedented and after tonight's unprecedented iranian attacks, israel iranian attacks, israel is expected to hit back hard. is expected to hit back hard. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. the uk's ministry of defence the uk's ministry of defence confirmed that british forces, confirmed that british forces, in their words, played a part in their words, played a part in attempts to prevent further in attempts to prevent further escalation in the middle east. escalation in the middle east. no operational details were given, no operational details were given, but the bbc understands that it but the bbc understands that it means uk fighterjets were involved, means uk fighterjets were involved, as they were in april when iran

last attacked israel with missiles. as they were in april when iran

in very close quarters fighting with the israelis in one particular southern lebanese town, saying that they've been pushing out israeli fighters. there's been no confirmation from the israeli defense forces about that, but we do know that there have been explosions this morning, we can hear them, we assume that that is outgoing israeli artillery fire as they continue to pummel hezbollah positions. last night, from here, we could see some of those iranian missiles passing overhead, nearly 200 in all. some of them were intercepted. others continued their path towards major israeli cities, including tel aviv and jerusalem. israel is saying, with the help of the americans, the british and other allies, they were able to shoot down the vast majority of them. we know that the defences that were in place managed to shoot down most of those missiles. very few got

through, but we can show you the scene where one date. let's show you gedera in israel, where a school was damaged in the iranian missile strikes. we are hearing reports that there were no injuries, but you can see the damage, the crater from the missile. but many of those 180 missiles will have been taken out by the israeli iron dome defence system, as well as distance from the uk and us military, and fighterjets that we were told were operating to intercept missiles. that's the damage we can see has been done but we don't know of any casualties caused by these strikes that have got through. we will bring you the very latest on that. with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian.

give us a sense of what iran did and its capabilities. what are its intentions that you can see? this was a huge strike, presumably absolutely intended to cause serious damage. this absolutely intended to cause serious damaue. , , , absolutely intended to cause serious damae. , , , ~' damage. this is the second strike iran has carried _ damage. this is the second strike iran has carried out _ damage. this is the second strike iran has carried out in _ damage. this is the second strike iran has carried out in the - damage. this is the second strike iran has carried out in the past i damage. this is the second strike | iran has carried out in the past few months against israel. the most significant difference between this one of the previous one is that in this one iran used mostly ballistic missiles. ballistic missiles reach israel within a few minutes. iranians claim seven minutes, some western officials say 12 minutes, but it is roughly around ten minutes. this is a huge difference because last time iran used multiple missiles, cruise, ballistic and drones. drones take six or seven hours to get there, so they knew what was coming. the hours to get there, so they knew what was coming.— hours to get there, so they knew what was coming. the distance is around 2000 _ what was coming. the distance is around 2000 kilometres, - what was coming. the distance is around 2000 kilometres, a - what was coming. the distance is around 2000 kilometres, a long l what was coming. the distance is - around 2000 kilometres, a long way, so to do it in a few minutes is extraordinary.— so to do it in a few minutes is extraordina . . �*, . ., extraordinary. that's correct. iran claims they _ extraordinary. that's correct. iran claims they use — extraordinary. that's correct. iran claims they use hypersonic - extraordinary. that's correct. iran | claims they use hypersonic ballistic missiles as well, and this is part of their hypersonic ballistic

missiles. this is the most significant change. that's why you see, it appears iran has managed to strike more compared to the previous time because in the previous time, almost 99% of missiles sent towards israel were intercepted by the united states, israel and the uk. this is one major difference. the other thing is, you asked about the capabilities of iran. iran knows that they are facing, as many believe, not israelis, but one of the most advanced militaries in the world. however, the iran air fleet and navy are extremely old, most of the equipment they have, the fighter jets they have, they are more than 50 years old. 50 jets they have, they are more than 50 years old-— 50 years old. so before the revolution in _ 50 years old. so before the revolution in 79? _ 50 years old. so before the revolution in 79? before i 50 years old. so before the | revolution in 79? before the revolution. _ revolution in 79? before the revolution. because - revolution in 79? before the revolution. because of- revolution in 79? before the - revolution. because of sanctions on iran resorted to drones and missiles, especially after the iran — iraq war. but it doesn't mean iranian missiles are not capable of striking. as we saw yesterday. if

they managed to do that without prior warning, they managed to do that without priorwarning, on they managed to do that without prior warning, on a massive scale, it might be able to damage. the other thing is that recently, after hassan nasrallah�*s death, the iranians have talked about changing their nuclear doctrine, and they have to resort to nuclear weapons in order to be able to face israelis. tell me about the sort of scenes in iran after the news of these attacks came out. there was a vast celebration from various quarters of the population, not necessarily fans of the iranian regime.— of the iranian regime. that's correct. some _ of the iranian regime. that's correct. some iranian - of the iranian regime. that's - correct. some iranian hardliners inside iran were celebrating, obviously, the attack. however, the iranian opposition and iranian people are extremely divided over this. some in the opposition rejoiced at the escalation of the conflict, especially after benjamin netanyahu's message to the iranian people, where he said that change is going to come sooner than you think,

many interpreted that as a regime change, especially after his minister of diaspora and combating anti—semitism rubbished a picture of himself and the former iranian crown prince, who is in exile right now, together. and he said, god willing, we will be in tehran soon. so many people in the iranian opposition think israel will topple the iranian regime. so they are excited about that. however, in the opposition, many people are angered and infuriated by that because they say barnes cannot bring about democracy in any country. there are plenty of examples, and in this case they think it will bring chaos and may be another dictatorship.— think it will bring chaos and may be another dictatorship. thank you very much, another dictatorship. thank you very much. from — another dictatorship. thank you very much, from bbc _ another dictatorship. thank you very much, from bbc persia. _ let's speak to yolande knell who is injerusalem and our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, who is in beirut.

tell us what the last few hours have been like injerusalem and what israelis face this morning after a night when they were told to hide in shelters. . , night when they were told to hide in shelters. , , . ., , ., shelters. emergency restrictions for israelis now— shelters. emergency restrictions for israelis now across _ shelters. emergency restrictions for israelis now across much _ shelters. emergency restrictions for israelis now across much of - shelters. emergency restrictions for israelis now across much of the - israelis now across much of the country have been eased, but still this is an extremely tense time as people wait to see what happens next. we are going also into the jewish new year holiday. last night at around 7:30pm local time, these rockets and warning sirens were going off, people getting alerts on their phones from the different apps they subscribe to. really the entire population of israel was ordered to go into bomb shelters. you could hear overhead to the thuds of these intersections taking place. it was frightening for people. the israeli military is now saying that most of these missiles, about 180 ballistic missiles launched from iran, they took about 12 minutes to reach

israeli airspace. most were intercepted or else they landed in open areas. some of the pictures this morning showing the big craters that have been left in some spaces where they did hit. now, israeli commentators really picking over in the media what it is likely to happen next. reports that israel could come up with a significant retaliation against iran within days after those threats made by the likes of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that iran would pay the price. and different target lists that have been discussed, at least by the media. and they suggest that the iranian nuclearfacilities could be hit, and also may be oil production facilities could be hit. and while we have been talking for one year since the 7th of october attacks by hamas last october, about the possibility of everything happening here leading to an all out

regional war, happening here leading to an all out regionalwar, now happening here leading to an all out regional war, now we do appear to be really very close to that. some israeli analysts say that regional war has already started. figs israeli analysts say that regional war has already started.- israeli analysts say that regional war has already started. as well as deafinu war has already started. as well as dealing with _ war has already started. as well as dealing with the _ war has already started. as well as dealing with the barrage _ war has already started. as well as dealing with the barrage of- war has already started. as well as| dealing with the barrage of missiles from iran, israel in the last day and a half has been sending forces into southern lebanon. what sort of updates i'll be getting from the idf about what's going on? the updates i'll be getting from the idf about what's going on?— about what's going on? the big devel0pment — about what's going on? the big development this _ about what's going on? the big development this morning - about what's going on? the big development this morning is i about what's going on? the big - development this morning is israel saying they are sending an entire new military division up to the northern front tojoin new military division up to the northern front to join its efforts against hezbollah. this includes infantry and armoured units. although the israeli military is still talking about this being in it, in its words, a targeted and localised operation. but this is an important new development. what we have heard previously is that paratroopers and commandos from the division that was involved in some

of the most intense fighting in gaza are the ones that are going, we are being told that is walking distance into southern lebanon. but the israeli military has also said some special forces over the course of months as unlimited raids, seemingly gathering intelligence about what is on the other side.— on the other side. yolande knell, thank yon _ on the other side. yolande knell, thank yon hugo _ on the other side. yolande knell, thank you. hugo bachega - on the other side. yolande knell, thank you. hugo bachega is - on the other side. yolande knell, thank you. hugo bachega is in . thank you. hugo bachega is in beirut. we are watching several live shots of scenes above the city skyline of beirut with smoke rising. what has been happening in in the last few hours?— last few hours? another night of heavy lsraeli _ last few hours? another night of heavy israeli air _ last few hours? another night of heavy israeli air strikes - last few hours? another night of heavy israeli air strikes hitting . heavy israeli air strikes hitting beirut. the target was dahieh, the hezbollah base in the capital. it came after warnings by the israeli military, evacuation orders telling residents to leave some parts of dahieh who lives near buildings that the israeli military says being used ljy the israeli military says being used by hezbollah. some of the warnings came at three o'clock, four o'clock

in the morning and people will have been sleeping when the warnings were issued. we haven't had reports yet about casualties from those attacks, but another night of heavy israeli air strikes targeting the capital. and in the south of the country, the israeli military sending new troops to the border with lebanon. hezbollah this morning has said that it had clashed with israeli troops trying to infiltrate a town near a village, and they had repelled a push by the israeli military. this is not yet been confirmed by the idf but again i think this could be the first indication that clashes are happening in the south. the israeli authorities are describing it as a limited, targeted and localised operation but the fear here in lebanon is that this could be the beginning of a wider israeli campaign against hezbollah. don't forget that this is a part of the

country where hezbollah is a very strong presence. it has built infra structure that includes underground tunnels, bunkers, and the group still has thousands of battle hardened fighters. hezbollah, despite the attacks of the last few weeks has remained defiant, and has said its fighters are ready to confront any israeli invasion. you mentioned _ confront any israeli invasion. you mentioned the _ confront any israeli invasion. you mentioned the evacuation orders that have been going out constantly over the last few days. where are people going? b. the last few days. where are people auoin ? �* ., the last few days. where are people hoin ? �* ., ., the last few days. where are people uaoin?�* ., ., the last few days. where are people uaoin?~ ., ., , the last few days. where are people uuoin? ., ., , ., going? a lot of those people are auoin to going? a lot of those people are going to shelters. _ going? a lot of those people are going to shelters. this _ going? a lot of those people are going to shelters. this is - going? a lot of those people arej going to shelters. this is putting going? a lot of those people are l going to shelters. this is putting a lot of pressure on the authorities will stop schools have been turned into shelters for people that have been displaced. authorities say around 1 million people have been displaced so far because of the conflict. they also say 1900 people have been killed across the country since the beginning of the conflict between israel and hezbollah last

october. 0bviously between israel and hezbollah last october. obviously the authorities 0ctober. obviously the authorities are very concerned that if there is are very concerned that if there is a continuation of this conflict, and escalation, then the situation will get worse. yesterday the prime minister najib mikati said his country was facing one of the most dangerous moments in its history. the lebanese authorities and united nations are urging countries around the world to donate money so that civilians can be assisted. they need around $400 million to help those being affected by the conflict. hugo bacheaa in being affected by the conflict. hugo bachega in beirut _ being affected by the conflict. hugo bachega in beirut and _ being affected by the conflict. hugo bachega in beirut and yolande knell injerusalem, thank you, both. we can show you in live shop we have been looking at in the last few minutes, showing one site where an iranian missile got through in

israel, this is apparently a school building that suffered a direct hit from a missile in gedera that got through the israeli defence systems and any assistance israel was getting from the united states and british military. as far as we are aware in this place, we can see the damage, but there have been no reports of casualties. just one snapshot of some of the damage there has been inflicted on israel by some 180 missiles coming from iran at 5:30pm local yesterday. we will have plenty more to come. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

oil prices have been surging, and global stock markets under pressure after iran launched a barrage of missiles at targets across israel on tuesday. the middle east region supplies around a third of the world's oil,

and analysts are concerned a widening conflict could disrupt supplies. the price of crude jumped almost 5% during late trading on tuesday as news of those attacks emerged. as you can see brent crude is up around a dollar, trading close to $75 a barrel. us stock markets also reacted, the three main indices closing sharply lower, and markets in asia have been following — japan's nikkei 225 losing more than 2%. let's speak to our asia business reporter mariko 0i in singapore. 0il oil prices have been weakening in recent weeks because of concerns about the state of the global economy. this is quite a turnaround, isn't it? ~ ,,., , economy. this is quite a turnaround, isn't it? ~ , , ,, isn't it? absolutely, but i guess it's not too _ isn't it? absolutely, but i guess it's not too surprising _ isn't it? absolutely, but i guess it's not too surprising that - isn't it? absolutely, but i guess it's not too surprising that we i isn't it? absolutely, but i guess. it's not too surprising that we are seeing quite a jump in brent crude prices, as you mentioned, which is a key benchmark for oil prices internationally. traders are concerned that the iranian missile attack on israel could start a wider conflict in the region which could then disrupt oil supplies will stop

iran is the seventh biggest oil producer in the world and it's also the third largest member of the 0pec oil producing cartel. but until now many traders thought oil prices might fall because demand has been weakening and also there is too much supply. in fact, weakening and also there is too much supply. infact, in weakening and also there is too much supply. in fact, in the three months between july supply. in fact, in the three months betweenjuly and september oil between july and september oil prices betweenjuly and september oil prices fell by some 17%. 0pec is expected to restore more supply from december while other oil producing nations from outside the alliance are ramping up supply as well. analysts are now looking at all kinds of possible scenarios, for example, if the us was to place economic sanctions on iran then oil prices could jump even further. traders are also fearing any military escalation in the region which could affect shipping through the strait of homes that lies between 0man the strait of homes that lies between oman and iran and is key to the global oil trade. 0n the stock market, many asian shares are down

and we saw a flight to safety where investors buy what they consider safe investments such as us dollars. howjumpy and sensitive are those investors feeling right now? there are many factors _ investors feeling right now? there are many factors they _ investors feeling right now? there are many factors they have - investors feeling right now? there are many factors they have to - are many factors they have to consider where it comes to the stock market but there is a very similar reaction to what we saw when russia invaded ukraine and a similar action when shares in asia fell and we saw a flight to safety as well at the time. things like gold prices and the japanese yen. their values jumped. we have seen similar market reaction before but when we talk about the middle east, tensions have been escalating and investors have been escalating and investors have been watching the situation closely. there are other factors like the state of the us economy. we're also seeing chinese and hong kong shares doing quite well because of stimulus measures announced by beijing. are

other factors that play but investors in asia are definitely watching the situation in the middle east very closely.— we can bring you some of the latest thickness and live shots from the region. we can see gedera, a town in israel which has had a direct hit from one of the missiles iran launched at around 5:30pm local time on tuesday. it is a school, we believe, this building, but we also believe, this building, but we also believe there were no casualties in this attack. widely there were 180 missiles coming down across israel. israeli medics reporting two people were lightly injured by shrapnel but in the occupied west bank palestinian was killed injericho when pieces of a rocket, in the words of the city's governor, fell from the sky and hit him. that's the

only toll we know about in terms of the human casualties of the attack. we can see the lebanese capital beirut now, and there is a large amount of smoke rising after continued strikes by israel on southern beirut. hello there. several counties in england have now seen their wettest september on record so it's no surprise it has lead to localised flooding and inundated roads. now, for the rest of this week, the good news is high pressure will continue to build in. that will bring us very much needed drier and sunnier weather, although nights will turn chillier again with some mist and fog. high pressure already starting to topple into northern and western areas as we head into wednesday, where we've still got the influence

of that area of low pressure across the far south—east. so more of a north—easterly breeze here, a bit more cloud at times. a few showers, mainly for east anglia and the far south—east, but elsewhere, after a chilly start with early mist and fog, we will see a good deal of sunshine around. that breeze will be notable across england and wales but certainly across the south—east corner, but lighter for scotland and northern ireland. temperature—wise, not bad, close to where we should be for the time of year, around the mid—teens in the north, mid to high teens across the south. as we head through wednesday night, we hold onto this breeze, with further showers across east anglia and the south—east, but all the while that area of low pressure will continue to pull away and high pressure will start to build in. the wind will be lighter further north and west, so it's here where we will see temperatures dip closer to freezing, certainly across scotland, and there would be some mist and fog patches developing. and you can see why, high—pressure starting to centre itself across the uk, pushing the weather front snd that area of low pressure out into the near continent. so thursday, probably a widespread dry day. chilly start, early mist and fog, but a lot of early sunshine around. we'll see a bit of fairweather cloud developing into the afternoon

but i think most places will stay largely dry. temperatures reaching highs of 17, maybe 18 degrees in the south, mid—teens further north, so that will feel quite pleasant. as we head into friday, our area of high pressure holds on across the country, but lower pressure begins to push in and that will bring some showers by the end of friday to northern ireland and western scotland with an increasing breeze. but the vast majority, again after a chilly start, some early mist and fog, will stay dry with widespread sunshine around. and into the afternoon, those temperatures reaching highs of 16 or 17 degrees in the south. mid—teens again in the north. we will start to see some change as we head into the weekend. although some eastern parts of the country may stay dry throughout the day on saturday, but wetter and windier weather will start to push into northern and western areas. all areas i think will be affected by the time we reach sunday. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines... hello, i'm karin giannone. let's recap on events in the middle east where iran launched a barrage of missiles at israel on tuesday prompting israel to warn of grave, but as yet unspecified, consequences. this was the scene across israel as the missiles were approaching. people were told to move to bomb shelters and israel used its air defence system, which it calls iron dome, to try to intercept the missiles. it says almost all of them were shot down. several of israel's internationial

allies, including the us and the uk, are understood to have offered military support in that defensive measure. the israeli defence forces said that around 180 missiles were launched towards israel around 5:30pm local time on tuesday. they were fired across huge areas of israel, including its largest city tel aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. and, these pictures from iranian state media show the ballistic missiles being launched from military sites. tehran said the attacks were in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson sent this report from northern israel, close to the border with lebanon. in northern israel, it was clear this attack was different.

people well used to hezbollah's rocket attacks, tonight glued to the sky, to their phones. israel's air defences tackling iranian missiles. wave after wave. 0n the ground along this northern border, a new generation is fighting an old and stubborn war. a limited, targeted ground incursion into lebanon, the army says, to destroy hezbollah tunnels and allow israel's northern residents to return home. four more reserve divisions were called up. you can see the evidence of israel's ground incursion here, a few miles from the border. yesterday, there were dozens of tanks lined up in these fields. now, almost the entire fighting force is gone, and several more armoured vehicles are preparing to move. a military official briefed journalists that special forces had

been operating just inside lebanon for the past 11 months, destroying tunnels. they showed us the weapons they'd found. with hezbollah weakened, i asked a spokesman about the appetite to push the group further north. we are acting with a plan to carry out operations in a limited, targeted way, close, close by to the israeli border between israel and lebanon, making sure we remove these immediate threats. i asked if that plan could change. we have many plans on the table. at the moment, we are focusing on removing the immediate threats from close by to the israeli border. in border towns like kiryat shmona, emptied a year ago by fears of a hamas style attack, there's strong support for israel's ground invasion. translation: i am certain that this ground manoeuvre will bring - the residents back safely and they think it is very, very needed. and that's the answer.

that's exactly what we wanted. maybe a bit too late, but better late than never. a day into israel's invasion, its forces have so far met little resistance on the ground. but hezbollah remains a powerful enemy with an even more powerful backer. the risks of this incursion have not yet fully emerged. but in the year since the hamas attacks, israel's risk appetite has grown. lucy williamson, bbc news, on the israel—lebanon border. as well as using its military to try to defend against the missile attacks from iran, israel has begun what it says is a limited ground incursion into lebanon. there have already been several intense exchanges of fire between israel and hezbollah, and a number of hezbollah's leaders, including its head, hassan nasrallah, have been killed. israel has warned people living in number of areas near the border to leave ahead of any potential military action. 0ur chief international

correspondent, 0rla guerin, sent this report from tyre in southern lebanon, close to the border. the empty road to tyre. few were heading to southern lebanon today. israel is ordering residents of 27 villages in the area to leave. inside the city in the old christian quarter, some of the wreckage left by a recent israeli strike. and danger here still. well, within the last few moments, we've heard the sound of two explosions, that it sounds like there are still planes in the air. this site is where another air strike happened over the weekend, bringing down several buildings here. we've been told that nine people were killed here alone. hezbollah brought us to this site

to show us this damage. we met this woman without hezbollah. she took us to her family home, which is no more. "my daughter in law died here," she says. her sons were injured. "my husband was there, and i was there. the room fell on top of us. there's nothing left." she lists the names of her neighbours who died. "we're just ordinary people here," she says. and then... loud bang. this time a sonic boom, an israeli warplane breaking the sound barrier. time to go.

many already have, getting away before it gets any worse. well, you can see here there's been a massive strike. cars have been flipped over on their sides. trees have been ripped out of the ground. and just across on the other side of the road, there is a massive crater. israel has been hitting this area hard, and now it has troops on the ground here in southern lebanon. but a wider war is being played out. iranian missiles streaking towards israel in the skies over tyre. across the region now, fires burning everywhere. 0rla guerin, bbc news, southern lebanon. while we have been watching that

report, one line from the israeli army, which has announced it is expanding its evacuation call in southern lebanon. so presumably that would mean that more strikes in southern lebanon are on their way. that's the evacuation call now expanded by israel's military. let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardner. so much to discuss. i wonder, looking at the events of yesterday evening, those 180 iranian missiles that went towards israel, how do you interpret the scale of the attack, clearly intended to cause a lot of damage? clearly intended to cause a lot of damaue? . ~ , , clearly intended to cause a lot of damae? ., ~' , , ., clearly intended to cause a lot of damaue? ., ~ , , ., ., damage? yeah, i think this is a more serious attack _ damage? yeah, i think this is a more serious attack than _ damage? yeah, i think this is a more serious attack than the _ damage? yeah, i think this is a more serious attack than the one _ damage? yeah, i think this is a more serious attack than the one in - serious attack than the one in april, although the total number of drones and missiles was greater in april, around 300, nearly all of which was shot down at the time, this was more serious because they found a greater number of lipstick missiles. these, basically, it is a

huge great big thing, like a scud missile that goes very high up, even out of the atmosphere and then comes down really fast. it takes about 12 minutes from launch in iran to reach israel. and not all of those were shot down. israel has a layered air defence system and it used its arrow system to shoot down a lot of those. you could see flashes in the sky, but some of them got through. they landed on, in most cases, open areas, wasteland or open ground, but if they had landed on buildings it would have been very serious on residential areas. would have been very serious on residentialareas. of would have been very serious on residential areas. of course, let's not forget that lebanon is undergoing massive israeli air strikes at the moment and a lot of people have been killed and injured there. but this is a direct attack ljy there. but this is a direct attack by iran on israel, and israel will respond, i have no doubt about it. the restraint the diplomatic

community asked them to show in april will not be there this time. on that, if america previously had asked israel to hold back, the message is now that we will be on your site. we also heard about the uk and the us militarily helping israel defend itself yesterday evening. israel defend itself yesterday evenin: . . israel defend itself yesterday evenina. ., �* , israel defend itself yesterday evenin. ., �* , , evening. yeah, british warplanes i think were almost _ evening. yeah, british warplanes i think were almost certainly - evening. yeah, british warplanes i think were almost certainly in - think were almost certainly in action, trying to shoot things down. we don't know the extent of it yet. i think when it comes to defending israel against international threats, the us, the uk, france, other countries, are fairly robust about that. the big unknown is who and to what extent will israel's friends and allies help it if it decides to attack iran. i would imagine that the us will probably help on intelligence. israel will have a pretty good picture of what targets it wants to hit anyhow. they

will have drawn up plans a long time ago. so what are we talking about here? the launch sites for the missiles, that's a pretty obvious target, they will want to reduce the iranian capability of firing back at them, so they will want to know exactly where all iran's missile sites are, the launch sites, depots, command centres. they will probably want to take out some air defences. they may go further and try to hit revolutionary guards basis. they could go full—time toe and decide now is the time to hit iranian nuclear facilities. now is the time to hit iranian nuclearfacilities. that now is the time to hit iranian nuclear facilities. that would now is the time to hit iranian nuclearfacilities. that would be now is the time to hit iranian nuclear facilities. that would be a big strategic decision. iran is weaker militarily. it has some air defence, it has numbers and missiles. it can't beat israel but it can cause a lot of trouble in the region if it wants to. it could hit back, for example, notjust in israel but at us bases, notjust in

iraq and syria but also up and down the gulf, from kuwait down to oman. it could, if it really wanted to make trouble, it could try to close the strait of hormuz by sewing mines and torpedo attack boats. any number of different options iran has got to hit back at the broader western coalition, as it sees it. israel's friends and allies who support it. given israel has many friends and allies on its side, what will the calculations have been by the regime in iran that they have made, knowing how hard they could potentially be hit back? ., , ., hit back? there will have been and still will be — hit back? there will have been and still will be an _ hit back? there will have been and still will be an ongoing _ hit back? there will have been and still will be an ongoing debate - hit back? there will have been and still will be an ongoing debate in i still will be an ongoing debate in iran's national security council and within the security elite, together within the security elite, together with the religious elite, obviously the supreme leader has the final word, ayatollah khamenei, about how

hard to retaliate. so there will be those who seem to have won the day who say, we can'tjust sit back and do nothing while watching our biggest ally in the middle east, hezbollah, be taken apart by israel. they have decapitated its leadership, they have destroyed many of its missile dumps and weapons stores. they are killing its fighters, they have sabotaged communications and so on. there will be pragmatist to say, yeah, but maybe we are better off striking back at a time of our own choosing. if we do it now then israel will hit us hard. they seem to have lost out in the debate. 180 missiles is obviously nothing like iran's full capacity but it is still a really serious attack. i should point out that there is a difference in western attitudes to israel over gaza and when it comes under attack

from external players like hezbollah and iran. the west, including even the white house, israel's biggest supporter, they are very uncomfortable with how israel has conducted its campaign in gaza, killing over 41,000 people. it hasn't made them so uncomfortable that they stop weapons supplies to israel, but uncomfortable enough that there were clearly sharp differences between the white house and benjamin netanyahu and relations were not good until two weeks ago. but once you start involving outside threats like hezbollah, the houthis, iran, then the us and the broader western communities say that we are with israel on that one.— with israel on that one. frank gardner. _ with israel on that one. frank gardner, thank _ with israel on that one. frank gardner, thank you, - with israel on that one. frank gardner, thank you, our - with israel on that one. frank. gardner, thank you, our security correspondent. while we were listening to frank we have been looking at the scene live over beirut. we have seen a lot of smoke rising over southern parts of

the city. the idf has in the last few minutes expanded its evacuation call to people living in south lebanon, presumably because more strikes are on their way. but this is southern beirut, where in the area of dahieh there have been many strikes and what israel says our hezbollah targets. we can show you some of the other scenes we can see across the region at the moment. we can take you to what israel is dealing with this morning. we were going to go to where there was a strike on a school in israel but that shot has just dropped from the one area where there was significant damage. this isjerusalem. we have seen after a night, an evening of the whole country being told to take shelter in many shelters for some time that the skies have finally cleared, but these guys have been lit up by so many missiles coming in from iran, 180 missiles also in

total, but doing very little damage in of human casualties. just a couple of people likely injured by shrapnel. there was one death from pieces of a rocket falling from the sky according to local officials. a palestinian man has been killed in jericho as a result of the iranian missile strike on israel. we will turn to events in united states overnight. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

the two main candidates vying to be the next vice—president of the united states have gone head to head in their only tv debate before next month's presidential election. in a debate lasting an hour and 40 minutes, ohio senatorjd vance and minnesota governor tim walz sparred over key issues like abortion, the economy,

and immigration. john sudworth reports. this is a cbs news special. the first question _ this is a cbs news special. the first question up, _ this is a cbs news special. first question up, the this is a cbs news special. the first question up, the crisis this is a cbs news special. first question up, the crisis in this is a cbs news special.- first question up, the crisis in the middle east, and tim walz began by attacking his opponent's boss, donald trump.— attacking his opponent's boss, donald trump. attacking his opponent's boss, donaldtrum. ,, ., , ., , , , donald trump. steady leadership is auoin to donald trump. steady leadership is going to matter- — donald trump. steady leadership is going to matter. it's _ donald trump. steady leadership is going to matter. it's clear, - donald trump. steady leadership is going to matter. it's clear, and - donald trump. steady leadership is going to matter. it's clear, and the| going to matter. it's clear, and the world saw on the debate stage a few weeks ago, a nearly 80—year—old donald trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need in this moment. �* g , sizes is not what we need in this moment. �* , , ., . sizes is not what we need in this moment. g, ., . sizes is not what we need in this moment. �* g, ., . sizes is not what we need in this moment. g, ., . ., moment. but jd vance was quick to resond in moment. but jd vance was quick to respond in kind, _ moment. but jd vance was quick to respond in kind, hitting _ moment. but jd vance was quick to respond in kind, hitting back- moment. but jd vance was quick to respond in kind, hitting back on - respond in kind, hitting back on kamala harris�*s record. iran respond in kind, hitting back on kamala harris's record.- respond in kind, hitting back on kamala harris's record. iran is as close to a — kamala harris's record. iran is as close to a nuclear— kamala harris's record. iran is as close to a nuclear weapon - kamala harris's record. iran is as close to a nuclear weapon today| kamala harris's record. iran is as i close to a nuclear weapon today as they have — close to a nuclear weapon today as they have ever been. and governor tim walz. — they have ever been. and governor tim walz, you blamed donald trump but who— tim walz, you blamed donald trump but who has— tim walz, you blamed donald trump but who has been vice president for the last_ but who has been vice president for the last 35— but who has been vice president for the last 3.5 years, the answer is your— the last 3.5 years, the answer is your running mate, not mine. as your running mate, not mine. expected, your running mate, not mine. is expected, another your running mate, not mine. sis expected, another topic looms large, illegal immigration, and a chance forjd vance to acknowledge his family possible struggle with addiction. a , , , family possible struggle with addiction. , . addiction. massively increasing the as lum for addiction. massively increasing the asylum for that _

addiction. massively increasing the asylum for that exists _ addiction. massively increasing the asylum for that exists in _ addiction. massively increasing the asylum for that exists in our - asylum for that exists in our system, _ asylum for that exists in our system, that has opened the floodgates and what that has meant is that _ floodgates and what that has meant is that a _ floodgates and what that has meant is that a lot of fenton is coming into the — is that a lot of fenton is coming into the country. i had a with opioid — into the country. i had a with opioid addiction and has got clean. donald _ opioid addiction and has got clean. donald trump as four years to do this and he promised america how easy it would be. i will build you a big beautiful wall and mexico will pay for it. less than 2% of the wall got built and mexico didn't pay a dime. . . , got built and mexico didn't pay a dime. . s, , ._ ., got built and mexico didn't pay a dime. . s, , ., , dime. the exchanges may have been robust but for _ dime. the exchanges may have been robust but for much _ dime. the exchanges may have been robust but for much of _ dime. the exchanges may have been robust but for much of the _ dime. the exchanges may have been robust but for much of the media - robust but for much of the media watching here in the spin room there was a sense of something else, a real debate. tim walz attacked republicans over the loss of the right to an abortion. i republicans over the loss of the right to an abortion.— right to an abortion. i used this line on this. — right to an abortion. i used this line on this, just _ right to an abortion. i used this line on this, just mind - right to an abortion. i used this line on this, just mind your- right to an abortion. i used this| line on this, just mind your own business on this was that things work best when roe versus wade was in place. but work best when roe versus wade was in lace. �* s, g, work best when roe versus wade was in lace. �* s, _ .,. work best when roe versus wade was in lace. �* s, _ ._ ., in place. but forjd vance, an attemt in place. but forjd vance, an attempt to — in place. but forjd vance, an attempt to address _ in place. but forjd vance, an attempt to address his - in place. but forjd vance, an| attempt to address his party's difficulties on the issue. mr; attempt to address his party's difficulties on the issue. my party have to do _ debate, said that it was basically 51—4 to , jd difficulties on the issue. my party have to do so _ difficulties on the issue. my party have to do so much _ difficulties on the issue. my party have to do so much better- difficulties on the issue. my party debate, said that it was basically 51—4�* to do so better of a job have to do so much better of- difficulties on the issue. my party have to do so much better of a i difficulties on the issue. my party| have to do so much better of a job at earning — have to do so much better of a job at earning — have to do so much better of a job at earning the american people's have to do so much better of a job at earning the american people's trust _ at earning the american people's trust back— at earning the american people's trust _ at earning the american people's trust back— at earning the american people's trust back on this issue where they trust back on this issue where they frankly— trust back on this issue where they franklyiust — frankly— trust back on this issue where they franklyjust — trust back on this issue where they franklyjust don't trust us. in a trust back on this issue where they franklyjust don't trust us. in a

divided country, _ franklyjust don't trust us. in a divided country, a _ franklyjust don't trust us. in a divided country, _ franklyjust don't trust us. in a divided country, a _ franklyjust don't trust us. in a divided country, a real- franklyjust don't trust us. in —s divided country, a real exchange at divided country, a real- franklyjust don't trust us. in —s divided country, a real exchange at least, and perhaps a glimmer of hope least, and perhaps a glimmer of hope whatever side you're on. john whatever side you're on. john sudworth, bbc news, new york. sudworth, bbc news, new york. let's speak to jared mondschein, let's speak to jared mondschein, director of research, director of research, for the united states studies for the united states studies centre at the university of sydney. centre at the university of sydney. thank you for your patients. we have thank you for your patients. we have got to you eventually. i wondered got to you eventually. i wondered what you took away from the debate a what you took away from the debate a few hours ago. i few hours ago. i what you took away from the debate a few hours ago-— what you took away from the debate a few hours ago-— few hours ago. i think a lot of democrats — few hours ago. i think a lot of democrats were _ few hours ago. i think a lot of democrats — few hours ago. i think a lot of democrats were _ few hours ago. i think a lot of democrats were trying - few hours ago. i think a lot of democrats were trying to - few hours ago. i think a lot of i few hours ago. i think a lot of democrats were trying - few hours ago. i think a lot of democrats were trying to - few hours ago. i think a lot of i democrats were trying to really few hours ago. i think a lot of - democrats were trying to really few hours ago. i think a lot of - democrats were trying to really warn democrats were trying to really warn the public that tim walz may not be the public that tim walz may not be the public that tim walz may not be the public that tim walz may not be the most polished of debaters. we the most polished of debaters. we saw that tonight, he was not as saw that tonight, he was not as polished as jd polished as jd saw that tonight, he was not as polished asjd vance. that said, saw that tonight, he was not as polished asjd vance. that said, there is a lot of debate about who there is a lot of debate about who actually won. the democrats don't actually won. the democrats don't think it was all that bad. one poll think it was all that bad. one poll that cnn have put out, hundreds of that cnn have put out, hundreds of registered voters who watched the registered voters who watched the debate, said that it was basically debate, said that it was basically

51-49 to jd 51-49 to jd debate, said that it was basically 51—49 tojd vance. it was pretty clearly divided. ultimately the big takeaway from my perspective is that jd vance has one of the lowest approval ratings of any national candidate running for office in modern history. and he showed himself in this debate to not be the sort of monster that some had made him out to be. he showed himself to be empathetic, to be calm and not as combative as his running mate is. maybe that's the more lasting takeaway from this, rather than just winning and losing the debate. yes. winning and losing the debate. yes, that has been _ winning and losing the debate. yes, that has been very _ winning and losing the debate. yes, that has been very interesting, and i have been hearing that he had been cast as one particular kind of character, but his performance in the debate made him seem pretty approachable. and as you say, calm. i wonder how short lived to the she” i wonder how short lived to the shelf life of the vp debate is in the news cycle that will happen over the news cycle that will happen over the next five weeks.— the next five weeks. that's right, it's a great _ the next five weeks. that's right, it's a great question. _ the next five weeks. that's right, it's a great question. the - the next five weeks. that's right, it's a great question. the biggerl it's a great question. the bigger question is what actually stays when

we have such quick news cycles? we all remember the assassination attempt, the first one and how a lot of people decided the race was over after that. and then we saw another debate between harris and trump and some peoplejumped debate between harris and trump and some people jumped to the conclusion that harris won resoundingly and the race was over after that. it's important to note that the vice presidential debates rarely matter and i think this will not be an exception to that rule in presidential politics, but still, given the margins are so slim and that this very well may be the closest us election in us history. in 26 t in the election was ultimately decided by about 75,000 votes spread across three swing states. in 2020 it was 40,000 votes spread across three swing states. it may be even a lesser amount this year so even the smallest of advantages could prove significant in the election. haifa

advantages could prove significant in the election.— in the election. how difficult do the candidates _ in the election. how difficult do the candidates have _ in the election. how difficult do the candidates have it? - in the election. how difficult do the candidates have it? they i in the election. how difficult do | the candidates have it? they are in the election. how difficult do - the candidates have it? they are the chiefs, they don't say what the policy will be, yet they are thrown all sorts of difficult questions, particularly on the spur of the moment about what was happening in the middle east, questions about january the 6th, and election integrity. they know their bosses are watching. it's pretty challenging for them. it are watching. it's pretty challenging for them. it really is. i think everyone _ challenging for them. it really is. i think everyone is _ challenging for them. it really is. i think everyone is measuring, i challenging for them. it really is. i i think everyone is measuring, how much are they toeing the line of what their boss says, versus what they individually have said before? it's important to note that this isn't the first time we have seen this dynamite. in 2020 we saw it with harris herself, when she was in the vice presidential debate with mike pence. i try to emphasise that the bigger takeaway is what happens in 2028. if donald trump wins this election then he is constitutionally ineligible to run for another term ineligible to run for another term in office, meaning we may well see

the first leading candidate for the 2028 republican race for president. in 2020 we got some insights on kamala harris and how she pivoted away from her political position is just a year before hand when she was running for president. when she was on debate status as the vice president she had different positions. we are seeing a similar dynamic now. will we see thejd vance of 2024 in 2028? will he draw the line between where he stands now against where he wants to align with donald trump, who we all know has wanted to clarify some distance from in the past. wanted to clarify some distance from in the ast. , , ., ~ in the past. very interesting, thank ou ve in the past. very interesting, thank you very much. _ in the past. very interesting, thank you very much, director _ in the past. very interesting, thank you very much, director of - in the past. very interesting, thankj you very much, director of research at the united states studies centre joining us from sydney. i'm sure we will speak again in the forthcoming weeks and thank you for your time. we can return to the main coverage of developments in the middle east and take you to the skies above the

lebanese capital of beirut. we have

time is when iran ago, 5:30pm local time is when iran hit israel's air defence, missile defence system, with a barrage of some 180 missiles, some of them ballistic. but we know there have been only one casualty reported. stay with us on bbc news. we have had some heavy rain moving across parts of england and also wales this morning. the whole lot is slowly pushing towards the south—east. it has been dragged along by this area of low pressure which will still be with us even through tonight and tomorrow in the far south—east. but it will weaken as we go through the next couple of days with the rain turning more showery. you can see where we have green in the chart, that indicates heavy bursts with rain already falling on saturated ground which could lead to further issues. a keen wind coming in from the north sea will

accentuate the cool feel. but for scotland, northern ireland, parts of wales and the south—west, we will see some drier conditions and in the north—west summer sunshine. as we head through the evening and overnight, still a lot of cloud across much of england and wales. a weather front wrapped around an area of low pressure still producing some showers and still breezy. but we have clearer skies pushing further north, northern england, northern ireland and scotland. and in some sheltered glens temperatures could fall away to freezing so locally we could wake up to a touch of frost tomorrow. high pressure is starting tomorrow. high pressure is starting to really exert its influence across us on wednesday. you can just make out the dregs of today's weather front, still producing some showers, but the spacing in the isobars tells you it will not be as windy. it will be breezy, though. we start off with a lot of cloud for england and wales. that will break up, sunshine developing, showers continuing on and off in the south—east. when we lose the mist and fog further north they will be a fair bit of sunshine

around with temperatures 13—17 degrees. then as we head on from wednesday into thursday, well, high pressure really does exert itself across the whole of the uk so we are looking at a drier day, there will be more sunshine around, it will be less breezy. they will be some fairweather cloud bubbling up as we go through the course of the date but not really spoiling it. temperatures 12 to about 17 north to south. beyond that, for friday and into the weekend, friday itself, there will be mist and fog to start there will be mist and fog to start the day, scotland and northern ireland have a weather front coming in to bring you cloud and patchy rain, but there will be a lot of dry weather this weekend. but equally expect some rain at times.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel warn of grave consequences after iran launched a barrage of missiles across the country on tuesday. most of the missiles were shot down, but some made it through. this is the scene at a school in gedera. tehran says the attacks are in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. these are live pictures showing large plooms of smoke in beirut where israel has continued to attack hezbollah targets overnight. and, the two men vying to be become the next vice president of the united states clash in their only head—to—head

debate before next month's presidential election. we begin in the middle east, where israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has pledged to punish iran for its missile attack on israel, saying iran "would pay" for its attack across the country on tuesday. israelis were told to take refuge in bomb shelters, as explosions lit up the night sky. iran warned it would hit all of israel's infrastructure if it retaliated. the israeli defence forces said that around 180 missiles were launched towards israel around 5.30 pm local time on tuesday. they were fired across huge areas of israel, including its largest city tel aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. and, these pictures from iranian state media show

the ballistic missiles being launched